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"This is not expected to be a fatality collision," Mahaffey said. "Preliminary reports from investigators indicate the passenger of the Corvette appears to have sustained the most severe injuries."

Both girls, he added, are students at Boswell.

Investigators said the black Corvette and a silver Mercury with two teenage boys in it were westbound on West Bailey Boswell Road.

"The Corvette was driving in the inside (left) lane and the Mercury was driving in the outside lane (right) lane," Mahaffey said in a news release. He said that the driver of the Mercury, a 16-year-old boy, "changed lanes to the left and entered the Corvette's lane."

The driver of the Corvette, "took evasive action," Mahaffey said, "and crossed the center lane divider, entering oncoming traffic at the same time a gray Honda was driving eastbound West Bailey Boswell."

The oncoming Honda, driven by a woman, age unavailable, struck the Corvette's passenger side, Mahaffey said.

"As that occurred, it appears the Mercury over-corrected its original left-lane change and the Mercury drove to the right and off the roadway," Mahaffey said.